This book traces the lives of an emigrant Moroccan couple and their eight France-born children over several years. Through interviews with the family and others in their social world, it shows the power of life-story narratives to reveal true lived experience and social context.
Catherine Delcroix is Professor of Sociology at the University of Strasbourg.
Foreword by Ann PhoenixIntroduction Introducing members of the Nour family Part I: Childhood memories1. From one generation to the next 2. The children's voices 3. Building the children's self Part II: Marital life and the balanced budget4. The end of Amin's working life 5. Domestic problems Part III: Becoming Adults6. Rachid’s psychosis 7. Djamel: delinquency and prison 8. Leïla finds herself: university studies 9. Driss : job hunting 10. The special youth job agency: helping young people or making society safe? 11. Racism and its interactivity Conclusion Afterword by Leïla Postface: Acting in a situation of discredit. New postface: Ten years on, what has become of them?Blibliography